John Wolcott Stewart
United States Senator fromVermont
In office March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908
Appointed by	Fletcher D. Proctor
Preceded by	Redfield Proctor
Succeeded by	Carroll S. Page
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's1st district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Charles Herbert Joyce
Succeeded by	H. Henry Powers
33rd Governor of Vermont
In office October 6, 1870 – October 3, 1872
Lieutenant	George N. Dale
Preceded by	George W. Hendee
Succeeded by	Julius Converse
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1876–1878
Preceded by	Josiah Grout
Succeeded by	James Loren Martin
In office 1865–1868
Preceded by	Abraham B. Gardner
Succeeded by	George W. Grandey
Member of theVermont Senate
In office 1861–1862 Serving with Frederick E. Woodbridge (1861), Samuel D. Holcomb (1862)
Preceded by	Alonzo G. Allen, Frederick E. Woodbridge
Succeeded by	Samuel D. Holcomb, Earl Cushman
Constituency	Addison County
Member of theVermont House of Representatives fromMiddlebury
In office 1876–1878
Preceded by	James M. Slade Jr.
Succeeded by	George Hammond
In office 1864–1868
Preceded by	William H. Parker
Succeeded by	Calvin Hill
In office 1856–1858
Preceded by	Julius A. Beckwith
Succeeded by	Edwin Hammond
State's Attorney ofAddison County, Vermont
In office 1851–1854
Preceded by	John Prout
Succeeded by	Frederick E. Woodbridge
Personal details
Born	(1825-11-24)November 24, 1825 Middlebury, Vermont, US
Died	October 29, 1915(1915-10-29) (aged 89) Middlebury, Vermont, US
Resting place	West Cemetery, Middlebury, Vermont U.S.
Party	Republican
Spouse	Emma Seymour Battell
Children	5
Education	Middlebury College
Profession	Lawyer
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John Wolcott Stewart (November 24, 1825 – October 29, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician fromVermont. He served asSpeaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and as the33rd governor of Vermont before serving in theUnited States House of Representatives and briefly in theU.S. Senate.

Born inMiddlebury, Vermont,^[1] Stewart attended the Middlebury Academy, and graduated fromMiddlebury College in 1846. He studied law withHoratio Seymour, and wasadmitted to the bar in 1850. He served asState's Attorney ofAddison County from 1851 to 1854. He married Emma Seymour Battell on November 21, 1860, and they had five children. Emma Battell was the daughter of Philip Battell and Emma Hart Seymour, and Emma Hart Seymour was the daughter of Horatio Seymour.^[2] Stewart's brotherDugald served asVermont Auditor of Accounts from 1864 to 1870.^[3]

Stewart served as a member of theVermont House of Representatives in 1856 and 1857, and then was a member of theVermont Senate from 1861 to 1862. He returned to the state House from 1864 to 1868, serving asSpeaker from 1865 to 1868, and then became thegovernor of Vermont from 1870 to 1872. He was the first governor of the state to serve a two-year term.^[4] Later he returned to the state House from 1876 to 1878, and again served as Speaker.

Stewart was elected as aRepublican to the U.S. House of Representatives in the1882 election. He was subsequently reelected three times and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1891. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in1890, but instead engaged in the banking business at Middlebury. Stewart was appointed to the Senate on March 24, 1908, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofRedfield Proctor, and served until October 21 of that year, when a successor was elected.^[5]

Stewart retired from political life and active business pursuits, and resided in Middlebury until his death there. He is interred at West Cemetery in Middlebury.^[6]

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